> I'm saying that organizations like Google if they are to create an > application platform instead of a web browser (even a platform that > has cloud-based applications) they should innovate an addressing > model that moves beyond "domains", "IP addresses" and "directory > paths" that we have today. >
I'm not entirely sure what that means, however the ability of browsers to bookmark is, by now, not only a very much accepted and expected facility but something that's lacking in desktop apps. There's no inherent reason to eliminate bookmarking at all. Google goes a step further and, in the Chrome's Omni Box, precisely blurs the distinctions among URLs, URIs, domains, search-words, navigation history, spelling correction, etc. It's an extremely clever hook they provide that unifies their search, advertising and services offerings like no other company can or does. Couple that with user's personalized tracking history and you're looking at either pure evil or the pinnacle of behavioral targeting, depending on your sensitivity to complete loss of privacy/anonimity. When you type in "pizza" into the Chrome Omni Box, Google doesn't have to take you to "http://pizza.com";. On a mobile device, it can easily and automatically start suggesting nearby pizza parlors wrt your GPS location or recipes if you've started typing off a food website or how-to-make-pizza videos if you are at YouTube and so on. Omni Box is already a killer "feature" that goes "beyond 'domains', 'IP addresses' and 'directory paths' that we have today." And I'm not aware of any desktop or AIR apps that can do that, without using Google or something similar. -- Kontra http://counternotions.com ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
